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BOOTH, JAMES - Edited by: : PHILIP LARKIN: Letters Home 1936-1977

LONDON.Faber and Faber Limited,2018.

ISBN 9780571335596.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£40) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,monochrome subject's familial photographic,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with yellow+white lettering and a thumbnail repeated photograph to spine also with similar lettering,rear panel with critics' reviews for a previous Larkin-related title; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a a gold+silver striped headband and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.Heavy UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-lxvii(7-67pp)+ 3-612pp[paginated] includes list of plates, acknowledgements,The Archive,editor's introduction,Timeline,Letters Home - from 24 August,1936 to 16 September,1977,16pp contemporary b/w (the majority) + colour autobiographical and familial photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp156/7 and pp396/7 respectively,profuse small b/w line illustrations/vignettes/doodles to letter/ correspondence edges/borders,and an index.Plus [unpaginated]half-title+title pages,contents lists/table,'Letters Home' separator page,and 8pp blanks at the rear. 'Letter Home' gives access to the last major archive of Philip Larkin's writing to remain unpublished: the letters to members of his family. These correspondences help explain how Larkin came to be the writer and the man he was: to his father Sydney,a 'conservative anarchist' and admirer of Hitler,who died relatively early in Larkin's life; to his timid,depressive mother Eva,who by contrast lived long,and whose final years were shadowed by dementia; and to his sister Kitty,the sparse surviving fragment of whose correspondence with her brother gives a glimpse of a complex and intimate relationship. In particular,it was the years during which he and his sister looked after their mother that shaped the writer we know so well: a number of poems written over this time are inspired by her,and the mood of pain and despondency that characterises his late verse draws its strength from his experience of the long years of her senility.One surprising element in the volume, however,is the joie de vivre shown in the large number of witty and engaging drawings of himself and Eva,as 'Young Creature' and 'Old Creature', with which he enlivens his letters throughout the three decades of her widowhood. This important edition,meticulously edited by James Booth,author of 'Philip Larkin: Life,Art and Love.',is a key piece of scholarship that completes the portrait of this most cherished of English poets. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if offered P/p included or free. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

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